On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:42:42 +0100 Came this utterance fomulated by mike scott to my mailbox:
> On 5 Oct 2008 at 21:58, Brad Rogers wrote: > ... > > All of which is, no doubt, beyond the ken of somebody like Chuck. > > Anyhow, as he's now gone...... > > But there'll most certainly be another along shortly......... > > > Here's an idea off the top of my head that would possibly cure the > worst of this sort of thing. Most people sending to the list only > send a handful of messages a day, if that. A few people (regular contributors) send most of the posts which amounts to a handful of posts a day each. New people, the majority of newbies, come along with one issue wanting an instant answer. They are not normally familiar with mailing lists. They do not want answers to other peoples questions, only their own. They do not need to subscribe and are normally mentally unprepared to handle 100+/- emails a day. The effort involved in learning/researching the issue is foreign to them, and they expect us to be willing to do these things for them. >From this viewpoint we should then review if asking these newbies to join up is a good idea. Why not just present something which suits their needs. A website PHP contact form which emails the moderator itself for example. If people are happy with the method and the result, then they are less likely to get malicious. > Suppose the list manager checked the number passing through, and if > "too many" sent back a "please confirm" message. If that weren't > replied to in a timely way, it could throttle the number of messages > for a time and finally forcibly unsubscribe the sender - which would > at least make sure they went to a moderator - or just start bouncing > them. > > Or something along those lines. > How about putting a stop on more than one email per address per minute. It is hard to reply to a normal post in less than a minute. And harder still twice. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
